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How to pronounce Huygens – come on, you know you’ve worried about it…. :-)

Posted by Deana in Space on January 16th, 2005 | 4 Comments »

I am not kidding. William “Kirk” Shatner is back in the music (?) business in an album with Ben Folds (famous from Karen’s shirt, at least in my world) called Has Been. The link is to a site that has mp3s and reviews, but I actually heard about it on NPR this evening….

Posted by Deana in Music on January 12th, 2005 | Comments Off

In case you’re still keeping score: * Weapons of Mass Destruction found before invasion: “0″:http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/07/sprj.irq.un.transcript.blix/ * Weapons of Mass Destruction declared by US before invasion: “LOTS”:http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/sotu.transcript/ * US Cost in dollars: “150,000,000,000″:http://costofwar.com/ * US military deaths: “1,357″:http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html * Iraqi civilians killed: “15,289″:http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ * Weapons of Mass Destruction found after invasion: “0″:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/international/middleeast/12cnd-wmd.html

Posted by Chris in Politics on January 12th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

While the Sparrow reminded me of a gigantic shnoz, this one reminds me of a fish (one of those tall, skinny ones, not a blowfish). Would you want to do 150 MPH (top speed) in this thing? Or 0 to 60 in 4 seconds? Amazingly, it is not easy to tip.

Posted by Steve in Technology on January 11th, 2005 | 6 Comments »

Why are monster-movie zombies so horrifying and talking animals so fascinating?

Posted by Deana in Kitchen Sink on January 11th, 2005 | Comments Off